By Simple past, American English

Thank you Yankee for your detailed answer, but I'm still hopelessly confused about when to use the present perfect and when to use the simple past. You brought up an interesting point about the differences between American English and British English. I wonder if a Brit would find it more natural...

Hi,does the simple past tense of "go" imply that someone is back now? If not, then the first should be good...#1 Oh... I can't find Sally. I wonder where she is. Where did she go?#2 Oh... I can't find Sally. I wonder where she is. Where has she gone?and if it's good, then "Mary went to the...

Kooyeen wrote:Hi,which verb tenses can be used with "until recently"? I thought only the simple past or the past continuous could be used, but I've also seen some perfect tenses... Is there any difference?American English, as always:He worked in NY until recently. <-- ok, I think OKHe has...

Kooyeen wrote:Hi,which verb tenses can be used with "until recently"? I thought only the simple past or the past continuous could be used, but I've also seen some perfect tenses... Is there any difference?American English, as always:He worked in NY until recently. <-- ok, I think OKHe has...

Hi,which verb tenses can be used with "until recently"? I thought only the simple past or the past continuous could be used, but I've also seen some perfect tenses... Is there any difference?American English, as always:He worked in NY until recently. <-- ok, I thinkHe has worked in NY until...

Hi, welcome to Englishforums. You can also use the search function to search the forum for interesting threads (there's a search button in the top right corner of every page). I would use "did", not "have". The simple past focus on something that happened and keeps that action...

Yankee wrote:Well, in American English people probably wouldn't have much of a problem putting now together with the simple past tense. For example, if you were trying to pay for some things in a store and the cashier had made a string of errors (rang up wrong prices, dropped and broke one of...

Well, in American English people probably wouldn't have much of a problem putting now together with the simple past tense. For example, if you were trying to pay for some things in a store and the cashier had made a string of errors (rang up wrong prices, dropped and broke one of your items,...

Hi Bokeh and TrexYes, I agree that a sentence such as "I lost my job" would be the most likely or typical. I also found the original sentence odd. My focus was on the use of the present perfect in this case. What do you think of the first half as a stand-alone sentence? "My job has gone." ...

In American English, got is the simple past tense form of the verb get and gotten is the past participle. I believe got is used for both in British English.You're right. In BrE, it is get got got